Double Creek School: Two week chick pics

The chicks are now looking more like teenagers. Their necks are much longer, and their tail and wing feathers are really growing in. At this point they like to climb and hop to high points to look around and then jump off and flutter to the ground. They can easily go four or five feet horizontally on the way down and use their wings to give them a turbo boost when they want to go fast on the ground. They would be impossible to keep track of outside if it weren't for the fact that they always want to stay together. They still squawk if they find themselves alone.

When we open their cage some of them run for the far end. Others will stare at you and hop right out to explore the room. We are guessing the explores are the roosters. For fun we took a survey of the people who spend a lot of time with the chicks on whether they think the chicks are hens or roosters. None of us have much chicken experience so it will be fun to see if we are right in our guesses. The vote results are above each bird's picture.

Chin is a sweet and curious bird. He will stretch up his neck and come to the front of the cage to see you. We've seen him with his head in the air and his neck filling with air like a frog, which we are guessing is silent crowing practice. (Guess 100% rooster)

Black Beauty is generally shy. It is very cute, but happier exploring than snuggling. (Guess 83% hen)

Cap is very friendly and curious. It is one of the first to hop out of the cage if it is left open. (Guess 86% rooster)

Cheep is the mystery bird. It is happiest with the flock and definitely loud. (Guess 50% hen/50% rooster)

Ducky is the snuggliest of the chicks. She is equally content with the flock or sitting on someone's shoulder. (Guess 100% hen)

Pecky is beautiful bird with maginficent striped wings. It prefers to be held with one of the other chicks. (Guess 67% hen)

Tall is the most likely to come right up and look you in the eye. This looks pretty funny because it has to turns its head sideways and stare at you with just one eye. Tall likes to keep its head up high. (Guess 83% rooster)